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A gay couple takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart. Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen in prominent roles.
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A gay couple takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart. Directed by Wong Kar-wai. Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen in prominent roles.
Best Actor | 1998 | Tony Leung
1997 | Wong
Main Competition | 1997 | Wong
Best Feature Film | 1997 | Wong
Best Cinematography | 1997 | Christopher
Best Actor | 1998 | Tony Leung
Best Film Editing | 1998
Best Director | 1998
Best Actor | 1998
Best Supporting Actor | 1998
Best Cinematography | 1998
Best Art Direction | 1998
Best Costume Make Up Design | 1998
Best Picture | 1998 | Wong
Best Cinematography | 1998 | Christopher
Best Foreign Film | 1998 | Wong
Best Art Direction | 1997
Best Film Editing | 1997
Best Sound Effects | 1997
Best Director | 1997
Best Leading Actor | 1997 | Leslie
Best Foreign Language Film | 1997
Best Film | 1997 | Wong
Budget 125,000 USD
Box Office Collection 5,000,000 USD
Chang Chen's storyline was completely improvised. Director Kar-Wai Wong discovered the restaurant, China Central, by chance and, seizing Leslie Cheung's absence due to a concert tour, decided to keep shooting. Chang's plot was thus created.
Tony Chiu-Wai Leung agreed to do the film on the basis of a fake script. He only learned of the requirement of doing a gay sex scene after arriving in Argentina for filming.
Fearing that it would be difficult to continue making his films in Hong Kong after it was transferred to China in 1997, Kar-Wai Wong decided to make a film overseas. He was able to get funding from Spain under the condition that he made the film in a Spanish-speaking country. He chose Argentina because of his affinity for Argentine author Manuel Puig.
The Chinese title is an idiom that suggests "a glimpse of something intimate." The literal translation is "spring light at first glance."
The date stamped on the passport in the opening scene roughly lines up with the expiration date on the pineapple tins in Kar-Wai Wong's earlier film Chungking Express (1994).
"Lai Yiu-fai: Turns out that lonely people are all the same."
"Lai Yiu-fai: I didn't see Chang, but I saw his family. I finally understood how he could be happy running around so free. It's because he has a place he can always return to."
